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WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a brief moment in a season of partisan rancor, the Democratic leader of the Senate and his Republican counterpart hit the pause button. As senators prepared to leave for their annual spring recess, dozens of nominees to important federal jobs were confirmed without debate or acrimony....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a brief moment in a season of partisan rancor, the Democratic leader of the Senate and his Republican counterpart hit the pause button. As senators prepared to leave for their annual spring recess, dozens of nominees to important federal jobs were confirmed without debate or acrimony....

Poland marks the anniversary of the 2010 plane crash that killed its president Lech Kaczynski with ceremonies in Warsaw and Smolensk.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some nail polishes commonly found in California salons and advertised as free of a so-called "toxic trio" of chemicals actually have high levels of agents known to cause birth defects, according to state chemical regulators.

A Department of Toxic Substances Control report to be released Tuesday ...

Fake computer chips might soon be putting lives at risk warns a report on counterfeit semiconductors.

Foreign policy analysts explain why Americans should care about what happens in Syria beyond the human suffering in the conflict.

BBC pundit Alan Hansen says smart purchases and growing belief make Newcastle genuine contenders for Champions League qualification

BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say Syrian troops have intensified their shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs as living conditions there deteriorate further....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some nail polishes commonly found in California salons and advertised as free of a so-called "toxic trio" of chemicals actually have high levels of agents known to cause birth defects, according to state chemical regulators....

MADRID (AP) -- The 13-year-old grandson of Spain's King Juan Carlos was recovering in a hospital on Tuesday after shooting himself in the foot accidentally with a shotgun, the royal palace said....

About 40 firms based near the Olympic Park plan to sue the organiser of the Games over fears of a "devastating" impact on their businesses.

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- They gathered by the tens of thousands in the drenching rain to face down terrorism with song....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- They gathered by the tens of thousands in the drenching rain to face down terrorism with song....

Members of the National Union of Teachers say they will resist any attempt to shorten the six-week school summer holiday.

PARIS (AP) -- Britain can extradite a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges, Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia fire marshals are sifting through the rubble in search of what caused a fire at a vacant warehouse that left two firefighters dead....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia fire marshals are sifting through the rubble in search of what caused a fire at a vacant warehouse that left two firefighters dead....

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two public school teachers and a school administrator are sharing the spoils of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, planning trips to Europe, new homes and a daughter's college education, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials said Tuesday all assembly and preparations for this week's planned satellite launch have been completed and denied it is a cover for a missile test....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The website displays a clock counting down seconds to Tuesday's board meeting of Southern California's major water wholesaler....